6-1998

RIC VI, LUGDUNUM 164a, CONSTANTIUS, OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY, OFFICINA B

  

OBVERSE

CONSTANTIVS•NOB•C [CONSTANTIVS • NOB • C]; bust r., laur., cuir.

REVERSE

GENIOPOP-VLIROMANI [GENIO POPVLI ROMANI]; Genius stg. l., modius on head, naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae. Altar in left field, B in right field. PLC in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. Specimen similar to LUGDUNUM 164a except for dots in obv. legend. Listed in Bastien Lyon (294-316) (p. 197, no. 281). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VI, p. 249-252.

See also:
LUGDUNUM 164a, CONSTANTIUS, OBVERSE LEGEND VARIETY, OFFICINA A

NOTES

Weight 10.50 g. Coin sold on Kölner Münzkabinett Tyll Kroha Nachfolger E-Auction 4 (lot 393) in January 2018 for EUR 60.

Other specimens:

- from the American Numismatic Society Collection (reg. no. 1984.146.241); weight 9.15 g; diameter 27.5 mm; first dot hardly visible [click for picture];

- from Bastien Lyon (294-316) (plate XXVI, no. 281); weight 8.75 g [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski